Superflares Found On Sun-Like Stars 50
astroengine writes "Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the sun occurring on sun-like stars being studied by NASA's Kepler space telescope. The finding, culled from 120 days of observations of 83,000 stars, is the first to detail how often and how energetic flares on other stars can be. The discovery, however, raises a question about how the massive outbursts, believed to be caused by complex magnetic interactions, can physically occur."
Who would have thought?!?! (Score:2, Funny)
Who would have thought that there's ionized hydrogen in space doing stuff that's magnetic in nature!
-- Typical Slashdot Know-It-All Geek
Re:So in other words... (Score:5, Funny)
Not a problem just send in your $35 to Bob and be spared this and countless other ordeals enumerated on Slashdot daily!
http://www.subgenius.com/scatalog/membership.htm [subgenius.com]
Eternal salvation or double your money back! And that's only the beginning of what can be done with contracted consciouslessness. Websurf the luck plane!
See the overmen and pink fools as they are without x-ray specs. Own your own reality!
Don't be surprised to find that solar flares are actually beneficial and life giving, not threatening, unless... of course... you didn't send in your $35.
Then you will be fried like snot in a McDondalds deep fryer with the other pink boys.
Just moments of your time and a small token to start living like a God!
Tough decision, pay Bob or fry......
$35 bucks!? (Score:3, Funny)
I remember when it was only $3. Of course, that was back before Bob's first prophecy of X day, so no wonder it's gone up now he's got a proven track record of failure behind him.
(heh, who do you think it was put the bit of paper in his hands the wrong way up in the first place? I'll give you a clue: if he'd held it the other way up, it would have read "kallisti"!)
Re:Who would have thought?!?! (Score:2, Funny)
Noooooo, can't you see it's ELECTRICAL in nature?! It's a massive cover-up by MHD supremacists! #TEACHTHECONTROVERSY